I wrote up the game preview today. I am not sure if we'll write up a post-gamer. No matter if the Wild win or lose they need a much better effort than they gave on Thursday. A lot of players and coaches were saying all of the right things as they usually do after a rancid loss, but we have to see that talk translated into action or I think we do...have some serious concerns for the rest of the season if they look as slow and tired as they did against the Avs. Enjoy the preview!

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Historically the Wild is a much, much different team at home. Hope to see that tonight! I attribute that a lot to having the last change, which allows BB to hide some of the Wild's glaring speed and defensive deficiencies. I love Big E. Staal, but when it comes to playing defense, he's an old school scorer, who's constantly staying way high and looking to break out early instead of dropping down low defensively.

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Historically the Wild is a much, much different team at home. Hope to see that tonight! I attribute that a lot to having the last change, which allows BB to hide some of the Wild's glaring speed and defensive deficiencies. I love Big E. Staal, but when it comes to playing defense, he's an old school scorer, who's constantly staying way high and looking to break out early instead of dropping down low defensively.

We'll see. There wasn't much good to talk about last game. Sounds like they're sticking with the same lineup as Thursday.

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even if we can get 35-40 shots on net they need to be high quality, we get way too many shots blocked and or the shots are so low quality that it wouldn't matter if we had a 100 as they'll give us those shots all day.

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Slow, old...tired in game 2 of the season. Ouch. 2 goals in 2 games. Beyond the play of Dubnyk, there really are no bright spots worth talking about. Dumba threw a few open ice hits, but Pateryn doesn't seem big and tough to me. Foligno is a punching bag. Nino is totally lost on Parise / Koivu line. The Wild still have no idea how to play i

Like on Backstrom when they extended his contract.
Or on Havlat when he was out there in name only.
Then Heatley - tons of minutes and big bucks right down the drain.
Then Vanek. Mr. Slug central. The best slug of them all.
Pominville wasn't bad initially but when they extended his contract large amounts of money gained little return all over again.
Then they extended Koivu's contract when they had a prime opportunity to try salvaging money spent on Parise and Suter; to